Daniel hogan



(No Model.)

D. HOGAN. BED PAN.

No. 581,588. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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DANIEL HOGAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BEDPAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,588, dated April 27, 1897.

Application tiled October 2S, 1896. Serial No. 609,796. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, DANIEL HOGAN, a citizen of the United Statesnesiding at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Pans, of which the following` is a specilication.

This invention lrelates to a bed-pan which is capable of being given practical shape and considerable capacity and which besides being readily cleaned also avoids distress or adds to the comfort of the user, as set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the pan. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section along o@ x, Fig. l.

Bed-pans are Jfrequently made of tapering form, as shown by the pan l 2 3, having the high part at l and tapering or inclining to the low part 3.

The chamber orreceiving part 4c of the pan has the mouth or open top 5. The receivingchambere is closed at one end bya partition at G, placed a certain distance from the end of the low part The contents of the chamber 4 can thus not flow into the low or con-` tracted space '7 between the partition G and the pan end As such contracted space is at times difiicult to clean, the pan by shutting oit chamber et from space 7 can be more readily kept clean and inoffensive. Said space 7 is made accessible by upper and end holes or perforations 8 and 9, which enable any foreign matter that may enter such space to be removed.

Lateral supports 'l0 are secured by eyes or attaching portions 1l to the bed-pan, said supports being passed through the openings or holes 8 and 9. These supports l0 are made of suitable soft material--as, for example, rubber tubing-and as the bed-pan rests or is passed under a reclining person the supports lO come o n each side of the spine, so that the latter is kept clear or out of contact and pain or annoyance of the patient is avoided or eased.

` At its lower portion at the edge ormouth 5 the pan has a depression or leveling 12, which has a tendency to keep tender parts clear or out of contact during the use ot the pan. At its high part l the pan has au entrance or spout I3, by which the pan can be emptied even when the latter is being used, as, for eX- ample, by means of a syringe or suction or discharge hose. By making the pan-bottom hat the pan is secure against tilt-ing or upsetting.

The pan is made of any suitable material, as known.

The supports l0 are shown passed through openings S and 9, but could also be passed merely through opening 8, if seen-lit.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bed-pan having its receiving-chamber closed byapartition arranged a distance from the low end of the pan, openings in the low end of the pan, and lateral yielding supports connected at one end with the high part of the pan and inserted at the other end into the openings in the low end thereof, substantially as described.

2. A bed-pan having attachments at its high portion and having its receiving-chamber closed by a partition placed a certain distance from the end of the low part of the pan, said low part outside the partition having upper an d end openings, and lateralsoft supports secured by or passed into said attachments and upper openings substantially as described.

3. A bed-pan having the chamber 4, partition 6, clips 1l, at the high part, openings 8 in the low part, and independent soft supports l0, the ends of which engage said clips and said openings, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL HOGAN.

lVitnesses:

WM. C. HAUFF, E. F. KAsTnNHUBnR. 

